You give SIE a perpetual, global, royalty-free license to your user-generated content, which it can sublicense
SIE may provide functionality for you to create, post or transmit content such as text, messages, comments, screenshots, pictures, photographs, voice, music, videos, streams, gameplay and game-related information (UGC), whether created or shared by you or others, via the Services or select Third-Party Services. By using that functionality you grant SIE a royalty-free, perpetual, global license to use, distribute, copy, modify, display and publish your UGC for any reason, without further notice or payment to you or any third parties. You also authorize SIE to sublicense its rights to any third party, including its affiliates, and you waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all claims (including moral or patrimonial rights) against SIE and its affiliates for use of UGC.
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Who
SIE, its affiliates and any third party SIE sublicenses to
What it does
Use, distribute, copy, modify, display and publish your UGC, and sublicense those rights
What it covers
UGC: content you create, post or transmit via the Services or select Third-Party Services
When
Perpetual
Where
Global
Exception
Waiver of claims, including moral or patrimonial rights, only to the extent permitted by applicable law
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content such as text, messages, comments, screenshots, pictures, photographs, voice, music, videos, streams, gameplay and game-related information and other materials created by you or others, and/or shared by you or others, via our Services or select Third-Party Services
By utilizing such functionality, you grant SIE a royalty-free, perpetual, global license to use, distribute, copy, modify, display, and publish your UGC for any reason, without further notice or payment to you or any third parties.
You further authorize SIE to sublicense its rights to any third party, including its affiliates.
You hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all claims, including any moral or patrimonial rights, against SIE, and its affiliates
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is royalty-free, perpetual and global, and is for any reason, without further notice or payment.
The waiver of claims applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law.
You warrant that you have the rights to your user-generated content and that it breaks no law
By creating, posting, streaming or transmitting any UGC, you represent and warrant that you have the appropriate rights to use, create, post, distribute and transmit it and to grant the license described above, and that doing so does not infringe the rights of any third party or violate any law.
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What it does
Represent and warrant you have the rights to the UGC and to grant the license, and that it infringes no third-party rights and violates no law
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By creating, posting, streaming, or transmitting any UGC, you represent and warrant that you have the appropriate rights to use, create, post, distribute, and transmit UGC and to grant the foregoing license, and that doing so does not infringe the rights of any third party or violate any law.
Qualifications & exceptions
The warranty is given each time you create, post, stream or transmit UGC.
You buy a personal, non-commercial license, not ownership, and resellers are prohibited
You must be an end user to purchase from PlayStation Store, and resellers, as determined by SIE in its sole discretion, are prohibited. When you order or purchase a product you buy a personal license to use it for private, non-commercial use. That license is not transferable unless your local laws say it must be. You can use the product in the ways described in the license but do not own it.
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Condition
Purchasers must be end users; resellers are prohibited
What it covers
A personal license for private, non-commercial use, not ownership of the product
Exception
Non-transferable unless local law says it must be
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You must be an end user to purchase from PlayStation Store.
Resellers, as determined by us in our sole discretion, are prohibited.
you buy a personal license to use that product for private, non-commercial use
That license is not transferable unless your local applicable laws say it must be.
This means you can use a product in the ways described in the license, but do not own the product.
Qualifications & exceptions
Whether someone is a reseller is decided by SIE in its sole discretion.
The license is non-transferable unless local law requires otherwise.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Virtual Items have no value outside the game or Store, cannot be sold or cashed out, and can change without notice
Virtual Items include virtual currency, goods or effects such as coins, points, tokens, gold, gems, weapons, vehicles, buffs, power-ups, trophies, rewards or badges. They have no value or application outside the game or PlayStation Store, may not be sold, transferred or redeemed for real money or items of value, and may be modified or removed without notice.
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What it covers
Virtual Items: virtual currency, goods or effects such as coins, points, tokens, gold, gems, weapons, vehicles, buffs, power-ups, trophies, rewards or badges
Condition
No value or application outside the game or PlayStation Store; cannot be sold, transferred or redeemed for real money or items of value
Exception
May be modified or removed without notice
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includes any virtual currency, goods, or effects such as coins, points, tokens, gold, gems, weapons, vehicles, buffs, power-ups, trophies, rewards, or badges
Virtual Items have no value or application outside of the game or PlayStation Store, and may not be sold, transferred, or redeemed for real money or items of value.
Virtual Items may be modified or removed without notice.
Qualifications & exceptions
The definition is a list of examples ("such as"), not a closed list.
Modification or removal can happen without notice.
You may not obtain Virtual Items outside the game or Store, or provide cheats for collecting, selling or trading Content
Any attempt to obtain Virtual Items outside of the applicable game, the app or PlayStation Store is prohibited. You also may not make available any cheats, technological measures or other methods designed to enable or encourage any collection, selling or trading of PlayStation Content, including Virtual Items.
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What it does
Do not attempt to obtain Virtual Items outside the game, app or PlayStation Store; do not make available cheats or technological measures for collecting, selling or trading Content
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Any attempt to obtain Virtual Items outside of the applicable game, the app, or PlayStation Store is prohibited.
You may not make available, any cheats, technological measures, or other methods designed to enable or encourage any collection, selling, or trading of PlayStation Content, including Virtual Items.
Qualifications & exceptions
The second prohibition covers methods designed to enable or encourage collection, selling or trading of PlayStation Content, including Virtual Items.
You bear the risk of losing purchased downloads, and SIE need not provide replacements
Once SIE confirms your transaction, and subject to the applicable Usage Terms, you may access the product you ordered through the Account you used to order it. You bear all risk of loss for accessing the product, and for any loss of content you have downloaded, including loss due to file corruption or a hard drive crash. You are solely responsible if you do not download or access the product before it is removed or your license expires, and for the authorized ongoing storage and safekeeping of the content. SIE is not obligated to provide replacement copies for any reason.
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Condition
Access after SIE confirms the transaction, subject to applicable Usage Terms, through the Account used to order
Exception
You bear all risk of loss, including file corruption or hard drive crash; responsible for downloading before removal or license expiry and for storage
Exception
SIE is not obligated to provide replacement copies for any reason
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Upon our confirmation of your transaction, and subject to the applicable Usage Terms, you may access the product you ordered through the Account that you used to complete the order.
You bear all risk of loss for accessing the product, and for any loss of content you have downloaded, including any loss due to a file corruption or hard drive crash.
You are solely responsible if you do not choose to download or access the product before it is removed or your license expires, and for the authorized ongoing storage and safekeeping of the content.
We are not obligated to provide you with replacement copies for any reason.
We may also require that you agree to additional content, software or service specific terms or policies
Qualifications & exceptions
Access is subject to the applicable Usage Terms.
The no-replacement statement says "for any reason".
Not stated here
The text of any applicable Usage Terms is not supplied here.
SIE and its licensors own the Content and the rights; words like "buy" do not transfer ownership
All intellectual property rights in the Content, including software, data, services and other content used in connection with the Services, the Online ID and access to content and hardware used with the Services, belong to SIE, its affiliates and its licensors. Using words such as own, ownership, purchase, sale, sell, rent or buy in the Agreement or in connection with the Content does not mean or imply any transfer of ownership of content, data, software or intellectual property rights from SIE, its affiliates or its licensors to any user or third party. SIE, its affiliates and licensors reserve all rights, interests and remedies not expressly granted.
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Who
SIE, its affiliates and its licensors
What it covers
Intellectual property in the Content, Services software and data, the Online ID and access to content and hardware
Exception
Terms like buy or purchase do not transfer ownership
Exception
All rights not expressly granted are reserved
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All intellectual property rights subsisting in the Content, including all software, data, services, and other content subsisting in or used in connection with our Services, the Online ID and access to content and hardware used in connection with our Services belong to SIE, its affiliates, and its licensors.
does not mean or imply any transfer of ownership of any content, data or software or any intellectual property rights from SIE, its affiliates, or its licensors to any user or third party
SIE, its affiliates and its licensors reserve all rights, interests, and remedies in connection with PlayStation and PlayStation Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Online ID and access to content and hardware are named among the things that belong to SIE, its affiliates and its licensors.
Content is licensed to you only as a revocable, personal, non-transferable license on a limited number of devices
Except as stated in the Agreement, all Content provided through PlayStation is licensed to you on a non-exclusive and revocable basis for your personal, private, non-transferable, non-commercial, limited use on a limited number of PlayStation Devices or other devices in the country in which your Account is registered. Content includes games, music, movies, services, virtual currency, vouchers, virtual communities and other digital products, features or content.
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What it covers
All Content provided through PlayStation
Condition
Non-exclusive, revocable, personal, private, non-transferable, non-commercial, limited use
Where
Limited number of devices in the country in which your Account is registered
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Except as stated in this Agreement, all Content provided through PlayStation is licensed on a non-exclusive and revocable basis to you for your personal, private, non-transferable, non-commercial, limited use on a limited number of PlayStation Devices or other devices in the country in which your Account is registered.
virtual currency, vouchers, virtual communities, and other digital products, features, or content
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is revocable.
Use is limited to a limited number of devices in the country where your Account is registered.
You may not sell, copy, modify, reverse engineer or commercially use Content
You may not sell, rent, lease, loan, sublicense, modify, adapt, arrange, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Content. You may not reproduce or transfer any portion of the Content, or use it for resale, public performance, display, distribution or broadcast, except as stated in the Agreement or as SIE expressly permits. You may not create derivative works, try to create source code from object code, or download, stream or use any Content for a purpose not expressly permitted by the Agreement.
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Do not sell, rent, lease, loan, sublicense, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble Content
What it does
Do not reproduce, transfer or use Content for resale, public performance, display, distribution or broadcast
What it does
Do not create derivative works or use Content for a purpose not expressly permitted
Exception
Except as stated in the Agreement or as expressly permitted by SIE
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You may not sell, rent, lease, loan, sublicense, modify, adapt, arrange, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the Content.
You may not reproduce or transfer any portion of the Content, or use the Content for purposes of resale, public performance, display, distribution or broadcast, except as stated in this Agreement or as expressly permitted by us.
You may not create any derivative works of the Content, attempt to create the source code from the object code, or download, stream, or use any Content for a purpose not expressly permitted herein.
Qualifications & exceptions
Reproduction, transfer and public use are barred except as stated in the Agreement or as expressly permitted by SIE.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Your license depends on following the terms, and you must stop using and delete Content when it ends
The limited license, and all use of or access to the Content, is expressly conditioned on your compliance with the Agreement's terms, applicable Usage Terms, other applicable agreements (if any), and all applicable copyright and intellectual property laws. When the Agreement, your Account or your license to any Content terminates, you must immediately stop using the Content and delete or destroy any copies.
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Condition
License and access conditioned on compliance with the Agreement, applicable Usage Terms, other agreements and intellectual property laws
What it does
On termination, immediately stop using Content and delete or destroy copies
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is expressly conditioned on your compliance with this Agreement
applicable Usage Terms, other applicable agreements, if any, and all applicable copyright and intellectual property rights laws
Upon termination of this Agreement, your Account, or license to any Content, you will immediately cease use of the Content and delete or destroy any copies.
By accessing those services or products, you agree that the applicable Usage Terms become part of this Agreement
Qualifications & exceptions
The end-of-license duty applies on termination of the Agreement, your Account, or your license to any Content.
Not stated here
The text of any Usage Terms or other applicable agreements is not supplied here.
Third-party names and logos are their owners' marks; you may not use them or strip notices
Company, product and service names and logos referenced on the Services are the marks of their respective owners. You may not use or reproduce any marks without the owner's express written consent, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels from any Content.
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What it does
Do not use or reproduce marks without the owner's express written consent; do not remove proprietary notices or labels from Content
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are the marks, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and registered trademarks or service marks
You may not use or reproduce any Marks without the owner
You may not remove any proprietary notices or labels from any Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
Use of a mark requires the owner's express written consent.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Video Content is for personal viewing in your authorized territory on a limited number of devices
Video Content covers recordings or live streams of sports, music concerts and other entertainment events, television shows and movies made available for rental, purchase or free viewing through the Services. It is made available to Account holders in select territories for your personal, private, non-commercial viewing in your authorized territory, using a limited number of PlayStation Devices or other devices (Authorized Devices) during an authorized viewing period (the Authorized Term). Availability of Video Content can change at any time without notice to you.
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What it covers
Recordings or live streams of sports, concerts and other events, television shows and movies for rental, purchase or free viewing
Condition
Personal, private, non-commercial viewing in the authorized territory on a limited number of devices during an authorized viewing period
Exception
Availability can change at any time without notice
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Video Content includes any recordings or live streams of sports, music concerts and other entertainment events, television shows and movies made available for rental, purchase, or free viewing through our Services.
Video Content is made available to Account holders in select territories for your personal, private, non-commercial viewing in your authorized territory
using a limited number of PlayStation Devices or other devices
during an authorized viewing period
Availability of Video Content is subject to change at any time without notice to you.
PlayStation Content includes the games, music, movies, services
Qualifications & exceptions
Viewing is limited to select territories, your authorized territory, a limited number of Authorized Devices and the Authorized Term.
Availability can change at any time without notice.
Not stated here
The text does not state the number of Authorized Devices or the length of an Authorized Term.
Video Content comes as live streams, rentals, licensed copies or ad-supported streams, each with its own limits
Video Content may be offered as a live or near-live stream, a licensed copy for rental for a limited duration, a licensed copy for an indefinite duration, or a licensed stream supported by advertising or promotional materials that may be for a limited duration. Video Content is subject to digital rights management rules and to other restrictions and limitations depending on its type and the Authorized Device you use. Some restrictions are described below in the agreement; more information is said to be at a support page that is not supplied here.
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What it covers
Live Stream Content; Licensed Rental Content; Other Licensed Content; Ad Supported Content
Condition
Digital rights management rules and other restrictions depend on content type and Authorized Device
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Video Content may be made available to you as a live or near-live stream
a licensed copy for rental for a limited duration
a licensed copy for an indefinite duration
a licensed stream supported by advertising or promotional materials that may be for a limited duration
Video Content is subject to digital rights management rules and are subject to other restrictions and limitations depending on the type of Video Content or the Authorized Device you use to access Video Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
Restrictions differ by the type of Video Content and the Authorized Device used.
Not stated here
The support page with more information about restrictions and access is referenced but not supplied here.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Ad-supported video shows ads you may not be able to skip, on one device at a time
Ad Supported Content is Video Content that contains or is displayed with advertising, marketing or other promotional materials. It may be limited so that only one Authorized Device can access it at a time. You acknowledge that the promotional materials may delay or interrupt playback. SIE may prevent you from skipping or manipulating the display of the promotional materials, and if so you may not try to access the content in any way SIE has not prescribed. SIE does not endorse third-party advertising or promotional material associated with Ad Supported Content and gives no warranty or other assurance about the products or services featured in it.
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Condition
Accessible by only one Authorized Device at a time; promotional materials may delay or interrupt playback
Exception
SIE may prevent skipping or manipulating promotional materials; you may not access the content in any way not prescribed
Exception
No endorsement or warranty for third-party advertising or the products it features
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Ad Supported Content may be limited such that it is accessible by only one Authorized Device at any one time.
You acknowledge that Ad Supported Content may include, comprise or be displayed with Promotional Materials that may delay or interrupt its playback.
We may prevent you from skipping or manipulating the display of Promotional Materials, and, if so, you may not attempt to access Ad Supported Content in any manner not prescribed by us.
We do not endorse any third-party advertising or promotional material (including the Promotional Materials) associated with Ad Supported Content in any manner and give no warranty or other assurance in relation to any products or services featured in these advertisements and promotional materials.
Qualifications & exceptions
Skip prevention applies where SIE chooses to prevent skipping or manipulating the promotional materials.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Rentals can be played only within set periods and usually on one device at a time
Licensed Rental Content has restrictions on when playback can start after purchase and, once started, how long it can be accessed (the Rental Terms), and it can be viewed only within those periods. Rental Terms differ by the type of rental and the Authorized Device. SIE tells you to review product descriptions, the Rental Terms and any applicable Usage Terms before finalizing a rental payment. You may choose the Authorized Device but may view a rental on only one Authorized Device at a time, and in some cases on a limited number of devices. Rentals are also subject to restrictions on transfer between Authorized Devices, and once playback in a format has started on one device you may not be able to view it on another without a separate license payment.
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When
Playback start window and access period set by the Rental Terms
Condition
One Authorized Device at a time, sometimes a limited number; transfer restrictions
What it does
Review product descriptions, Rental Terms and applicable Usage Terms before paying for a rental
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Licensed Rental Content is subject to restrictions regarding when playback can be initiated post purchase, and once initiated, the time period during which Licensed Rental Content can be accessed
Licensed Rental Content can only be viewed within the time periods specified in the Rental Terms.
Please review carefully any product descriptions, the Rental Terms, and any applicable Usage Terms made available for each Licensed Rental Content prior to finalizing your rental payment.
you may view it on only one Authorized Device at a time, and in some cases on a limited number of Authorized Devices
Once playback of Licensed Rental Content in a particular format has started on an Authorized Device, you may not be able to view that content using any other Authorized Device without a separate license payment.
By accessing those services or products, you agree that the applicable Usage Terms become part of this Agreement
Qualifications & exceptions
Rental Terms differ by content type and Authorized Device.
The text says you "may not be able" to view on another device after playback has started; it does not state the rule for every case.
Not stated here
The specific Rental Terms for individual rentals are not stated here; they are shown with each product.
The text of any applicable Usage Terms is not supplied here.
Licensed copies you keep can have limited views, stream limits and no extra downloads
Other Licensed Content may be downloaded or streamed to Authorized Devices. For downloads, you may be able to view the content only a limited number of times and only on certain Authorized Devices. For streams, you may be prohibited from streaming multiple titles, or multiple streams of one title, from your Account at the same time. SIE encourages you to download the content immediately after ordering, where supported, on every Authorized Device you may want to use later, because in some cases it may not be available for later copying or downloading to additional devices. Access to purchased Other Licensed Content may also depend on compatibility between the device and the video format, continued availability from third-party licensors, and other applicable restrictions.
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Downloads may be viewable a limited number of times on certain Authorized Devices only
Condition
Streams may be limited to one title or stream at a time from your Account
What it does
Download immediately on all Authorized Devices you may want to use, where supported
Exception
Access may depend on device and format compatibility and continued availability from third-party licensors
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For Other Licensed Content that is downloaded, you may be able to view that content for a limited number of times on certain Authorized Devices only.
you may be prohibited from streaming multiple titles of Other Licensed Content or multiple streams of a single title of Other Licensed Content from your Account at any one time
After ordering Other Licensed Content, we encourage you to immediately download the content, where supported, on all Authorized Devices on which you may want to later view it.
In some cases, Other Licensed Content may not be available for subsequent copying or downloading to additional Authorized Devices.
Access to Other Licensed Content that has been purchased may also be subject to compatibility between the Authorized Device and the video format of the Other Licensed Content, continued availability to the Other Licensed Content from our third-party licensors, and other applicable restrictions.
Qualifications & exceptions
The limits are described as things you "may" encounter and vary by device, format and licensor availability.
Not stated here
The text does not state the number of permitted views or the other applicable restrictions.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Page footer: content and marks belong to their respective owners
In the site footer that follows the Terms, the page says all content, game titles, trade names and trade dress, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks and/or copyright material of their respective owners, and that all rights are reserved, with a link to a fuller notice. This appears in the page footer after the numbered Terms; the text does not say it is part of the Agreement.
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What it covers
Content, game titles, trade names, trade dress, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery
Condition
Owned by their respective owners; all rights reserved
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All content, games titles, trade names and/or trade dress, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks and/or copyright material of their respective owners.
All rights reserved.
Qualifications & exceptions
Appears in the site footer after the numbered Terms, not in a numbered section.
Not stated here
The linked copyright and trademark notice is referenced but not supplied here.